Stump-extracting machine.



' J. MUZZY. *STUMP BXTBAGTING MACHINE. ArrLIoATIoN Hum JUNE 1a, 1911'.

Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

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J. MUZZY.' STUMP BXTBAGTING MACHINE.

AHLIUATION FILED JUNE 13I 1911.

Patented Jan. 28, 191,3.

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INVENTOR owN (Wu-az A llame] WJTNESSES @new 5 MMS? coLuMllA PLANoanvn J. MUZZY.

STUMP EXTRAGTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'ILBD JUNE 13, 1911.

Patented Jan. 2s, 1913.

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chinesgfofsvliioh'the-following ia aspeeficationgraferenoe being had thereingto the ao- 1T 'sinvention relates to machines for removing'tre' atom :from the ground. r

.. 4Theiiverxitio'n- .for its object to vide anapparatus by means of which a tree.

stuin plooated in the groundmey be sawed offA ose .to' the ground and then bored'to I hollow out' the body of the stum and also i conistin'gof'anuri 1 uniformen-want e a' 'detail view-of-.a

hvie'ivgingpersp'ective in operativepoition Fig. 2 is a plan view inehorizontahsgeotionzpfgtheapparatus. Figii Bilis a t'erticalcross-'Section' on the line' 2.1"- Fi 4 is longitudinal seo rton o the frameworlr 2. 1 "ig.6 is a detail owing a: portion of a 'tion when mounted in e is aeeetional vievir of the ingangen-tez,

saw and its' Methoden; tud-toothed w eek y In f .en .ififixi'glj.out:the invention a suitable 'raine'wor providedand, as here shown, git rectangular struc p reotangular frame l-hairingacrosabars 2-and the lower rectangularifrainezhaving cross bars4, the

mp-lffniiezi' ma inefbeaom frame bein runnersltienable the structure to-be hauled raiiieivorksiagvertcnl Shaft 6 having -its its fiter enda whletree 9 to wholia team Stump Extracting Mm.

g. Sis a plan view, artLv hewue'gt-ggterienrf Patented .im-28,1913. i application mea minimun;- eemiivaaaam i oeratiiig.themachine is attached. Mountonf-the shaft 6 is a druinlO having ite baefpoi'tion'll secured to atoothed wheel 12 fastened 'to the Shaft-6 and meshing with. a toothed wheel 13 on the cross bar 'tiimd` mounted on u. sha 1i hnv on its lower end a suitable boi-in toolhpre erably, as here-shown, of a hemisp eric shape,tlio body 16 having a rougliened surfaoe and a centrally deipendng" intend-projection 16. .The shaft 4 role through an oblong opening 17 in t e toothed wheel 18 and lios etats u per-end an oblong enlargement 18 'adap when drawn down, tot into the oblong o ning 17 in the wheel 13, thai-eb looking t e shaft 14 to the wheel 13. This is eeot'ed-by means of a lever arm 19 pivoted atone end to ono of the uprghts of the framework and adapted to be swung verticall by means of a lever 20. The other end of e'lever arm 19 is formed with a forlr 21 in which is ivoted a short arm 22 having lateral rojec ing pins 23 located in a' ove 24: on' he shaft 14. L- ygeratmgthe lever handle the boi-- ingle may be raised and lowered und the 'shaft -14 moved into n i'id out of engage nient with. the=.tootlied1wheel'18. Mesliing witlirthetoothed wheel12-isl a bevel gear -wheel '25. havin e. collar 26 splinedto the double cranio aft 27 so as to be. slidable jthereon and movable into and outof engagemeiitwith the toothed wheel 12 which is elfieetedbmeans of a linlc- 28 pivotecl atone` endito t e collar. 26 andfat its other end to' a-'leveirI handle 29 hinged to the framev vork of .the apparatus. The beveled gear wheel 25 :ia-normally held in` enga ement A with the toothed wheel `12 by means o a coil .-s'pi'lng held under tension between the collar 26 of the wheel 25 and one of the up rights 5 of the framework. The hand wheel .31`is-mounted on the outer and of the beveled -erankhaft 27 so that the shaft 6 may be manuall operated through the lwheel 25 and dou le crank shaft 27, if deaired,l instead of llimthe atm 8 and a team hitched thereto. ged to one sido of the `fx-annevvonk is a reotanglular f rame 32 adapted when in use to lie at upon the ground, .as shown in Fig. 1, and when not in use to -befolded up against the side of the framewor .as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 and hold in auch position by means of hooks 32. Located at each end of the frame 32 is a transverse strip 88 spaced above the end of the frame"32.1soeas to rmit a saw 34. to be j located'hini theg'slrracesl ormed by. said strips g and; thefjfrmelandjto beheld in a'clip 35 ,i adaptedt@ bef? movedf longitudinally ,be- 5i tween-fthe. 'strip 3,3;fand the frame-82 and proYided-:at its "rearendJvith a pinja on. i' which' ',he'ad-B 4l,-I'hepin 86 is movable through-a slot;3 6 inthe 1strip33l The saw is reciproatedbylmeans of a air of rods 38 l0? pivotall Az z'oinfectad.at'one entl) to-the 'cranks pivotally cong 39:0 fthai1hkfsllft27' and j nectedgat-ighej-otlierend- Ato pm s 40.011 .the handle V.zlmlfl'fvhe sa'wf. 1. In-.orden that'th'esaw may be held against x55 a stn'mpziand-be advance as it cuts the- 5stum ,afdeviceis-provided consisting of a ro 42 'pivotally connected atone end to a jcrank' 39. .of-th'e. crank shaft 27 and at the other end to one,l end 2043-which is' adap `forth adjacent to a toothed w eel 44, the teeth -of-which project so that in one direction of movement over -said teeth and in its op osite movement willen age a tooth an turn said wheel andwit 1t a drum 45 on which -said 4:wheel isfjnounted and which is pivoted'to the framework. Wound upon the drum 45 is a cord-46 which passes over ulleys 47 on :sothe frame 82 and 1s connecte at its lother lend tothe head 37 of the pin 85.

It will be seen that b means of this-device the saw will be he d against a stump 48 and drawnintothe same as the cutting 35 advances; The `stump48 -is sawed-oif close toA the-*ground and. thezalparatus'is then shifted so as. to bring the oringtool over thestumpl which is then hollowed out b :said .took After the stump has .been ho Al0 lowed'out :all or part-.of the roots may be removedf by means of the rope 51.

As shown-in.4 Aat9 is being -bored outand the roots 50 of a stampare. beingremoved, by means of .'a

and wound .the shaft 6.

`ratus hereinafter of the arm 43 it will slide coi-d woun 4with the saw clamp.

signature in Figs. 2'and 7 another stump l Copies otthil patent may be obtained for secured to n vc cents each, by Washington, D. 0." N

a stump or other suitable suport 53, the rope 61 being wound around e drum 10 up thereon by the rotation of Itivillb'e seen that by means of the appadescribed that three operatiosare performed, namely, a stump is repar'edfor boring and hollowing out by eing sawed oti close to the ound, and the stump which has been sawe off is hollowed out by boring, and the roots of the stump or anyfother stam which has been hallowed outare removed rom the ground.

e apparatus is shown as performing three operations at once but as trees as a rule are not situated in position near each other to permit of this simultaneous operation the three operations are successively carried on by moving the apparatus so as to successively saw a tree close to the ground and then bore the stump and remove all or part of the roots therefrom.

at I claim is:-

,In a sawing machine, a feeding device including a framework, a rotary shaft mounted in said framework, a crank shaft extendin at ri ht angles thereto, gears on said sha mes ing with each other, saw guides, nn oscillating lever arm mounted on the frame, a rod pivotally connected at ono end to said arm and at the other end to the crank of the crank shaft, a rotary drum having teeth at its to adjacent said oscilating arm, said teeth bein engaged by the arm during one ortion o its movement, a saw clam movab e insaid guides, and a upon said drum and connected In testimonywh'ereof -I hereunto affix my presence of two witnesses.

. JOHN MUZZY. Witnesses:

Jaune F. FOLEY,

A. M. LIND.

addressing the Commissioner of Iatenta, 

